Post by Clara Hinton on Nov 29, 2005 13:03:18 GMT -5
Dear SG Members,
Two things that will be addressed in more detail in the coming days are "internet safety" and "keeping SG ad-free".
I would like to take this time to remind all of you that while you have the option of displaying pictures and personal information in your siggy and in your posts, I would highly discourage you from giving out too much information such as your home address, your complete name, your personal telephone number(s), etc. I know that we consider this to be a safe place, however we need to remember that SG is open for all people to view. It is never a good idea to give out your most personal information on public chat boards. I will be posting some specific guidelines shortly.
Secondly, we have a mixed blessing with SG. The blessing is that thousands of people are using the site for help and encouragement. The flip side of that is that our new server does not charge us a hosting fee but relies on the ads for their revenue. Proboards will accept donations of $7 (7 credits) to give us 50,000 adfree pageviews.
I am trying something new right now (since yesterday) in an attempt not to use up our ad-free pageviews so quickly. We are currently set up to be ad-free only to those who are logged onto the site. SG is not currently ad-free for guests.
If you want to help keep the costs down for remaining ad-free, you have the choice of browsing through the site prior to logging on. We'll try this for a few weeks to see if this helps us.
Thank you for your continued patience as we all adjust to our new "home" for SG. Personally, I think it's GREAT to have such a wonderful place to call "home"!
Love,
Clara
Two things that will be addressed in more detail in the coming days are "internet safety" and "keeping SG ad-free".
I would like to take this time to remind all of you that while you have the option of displaying pictures and personal information in your siggy and in your posts, I would highly discourage you from giving out too much information such as your home address, your complete name, your personal telephone number(s), etc. I know that we consider this to be a safe place, however we need to remember that SG is open for all people to view. It is never a good idea to give out your most personal information on public chat boards. I will be posting some specific guidelines shortly.
Secondly, we have a mixed blessing with SG. The blessing is that thousands of people are using the site for help and encouragement. The flip side of that is that our new server does not charge us a hosting fee but relies on the ads for their revenue. Proboards will accept donations of $7 (7 credits) to give us 50,000 adfree pageviews.
I am trying something new right now (since yesterday) in an attempt not to use up our ad-free pageviews so quickly. We are currently set up to be ad-free only to those who are logged onto the site. SG is not currently ad-free for guests.
If you want to help keep the costs down for remaining ad-free, you have the choice of browsing through the site prior to logging on. We'll try this for a few weeks to see if this helps us.
Thank you for your continued patience as we all adjust to our new "home" for SG. Personally, I think it's GREAT to have such a wonderful place to call "home"!
Love,
Clara